Prof. Kyu-Young Whang has received the Distinguished Contributions Award at the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) which was held in Taiwan on May 13-16th. At this respected data mining conference in the Pacific-Asia region, Professor Whang was recognized for his influential work in the research field as a life member on the PAKDD Steering Committee. The award was given to 6 recipients including Professor Whang, and he is the first Korean person to be a recipient.
In 2011, Professor Whang also received the Outstanding Contributions Award at another prestigious conference called Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA). The database and data mining research in the Asia-Pacific region, regarded as primitive 20 years ago, have come a long way to be on comparable footings with those in North America/Europe, thanks to relentless efforts and contributions made by countlessly many researchers including Professor Whang.
Recently, database research in the Asia-Pacific region is much heightened as, among the three major academic organizations in the database area, Prof. Whang is leading IEEE TCDE, Prof. Beng Chin Ooi from Singapore The VLDB Endowment, and Prof. Don Kossmann from Switzerland ACM SIGMOD.

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Prof. Kwangjo Kim to Represent Korea in IFIP TC­11

Prof. Kwangjo Kim was appointed to represent Korea in International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)’s Technical Committee-11 (TC-11) for his internationally recognized contributions to the advancement of security and cryptology research in the past 30 years.
Since its establishment in 1960, IFIP has been the leading multinational, apolitical organization in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences. It is recognized by many international organizations including the United Nations for bringing IT Societies from 56 countries together on important topics in informatics. In particular, TC-11 is involved in research for increased trustworthiness in information processing, such as developing a common frame of reference for security and privacy protection.
“Through this IFIP role, I would like to present Korea’s outstanding information and security technology and show that we are one of the world’s leading nations in the security technology,” said Professor Kim. His previous roles include Director of International Association for Cryptologic Research, AsiaCrypt Steering Committee Chair, President of Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, and visiting professor at MIT and KUSTAR. This year, he is serving as the General Chair of Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES) 2014, to be held in Busan this coming September.

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Our Ph.D Graduate Appointed as an assistant profes..

Our Ph.D Graduate Appointed as an assistant professor to Michigan State University
Dr. Taiwoo Park, who recently graduated with a Ph.D under the co-advisement of Professor Junehwa Song and Professor Uichin Lee, has been appointed as an assistant professor to Michigan State University, located in East Lancing, MI, USA.
Dr. Park’s primary research interests are Ubiquitous Game Design and Supporting System, Mobile User Interaction, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Sensor Network and Data Stream Processing System. As a Ph.D student, he was recognized for his outstanding research with an award from the ACM’s CHI conference, which is considered to be the top in the Human-Computer Interaction field
In the coming August, Dr. Park will continue his work in the research area of game design, research, and development at the Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media department in the College of Communication Arts and Science.
Congratulations on your appointment to an assistant professorship at Michigan State University！

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The Godfather of the Internet in Korea

[Prof. Kilnam Chon]
While it is a commonly known fact that the United States is the birthplace of the Internet, many people are surpised to learn that Korea was the second country to successfully establish the Internet. The historic setting was May 15, 1982 inside a research laboratory located in Gu-mi, Korea. Dr. Chon and his team watched as their computer printed out “＄ rlogin snucom” on the screen, indicating a successful remote login to a computer at Seoul National University. Hugging each other and crying shouts of joy, the research team led by Dr. Chon had officially opened a new chapter in the history of the Internet. From that day on, Chon has remained the godfather of the Internet in Korea.
Dr. Chon received a PhD degree in computer science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1974, and a BS degree in engineering science from Osaka University. He joined the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology in 1979 to work on computer system development, and moved to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1982 as a professor in the Computer Science Department. In a recent interview with a Korean newspaper, Dr. Chon explained that he came to Korea with a determination to make a difference in the country with his technical expertise. With a full support from the Korean government, Dr. Chon and his fellow researchers pursued the challenging goal of advancing the computing technology in Korea and succeeded in making Korea to be the world’s second to establish the Internet.
During his time as a professor in KAIST Compuster Science Depeartment, Dr. Chon was well known for his demand for perfection from his students. He would not only help his students fulfill their full intellectual potential but also emphasize the importance of regular physical exercise. He sharply points out the fact that the students who succeeded the most after graduating from his laboratory are the ones who exercised the most rigorously under his advice. After his retirement, Dr. Chon, the godfather of the Internet in Korea, is currently working as a professor at Keio University with the goal of making its computer science program to be the best in Japan.

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Taiwoo Park Won ACM CHI 2014 Honorable Mention Awa..

Taiwoo Park and his five co-authors including his advisor, Professor Junehwa Song, won this year’s ACM CHI Honorable Mention Award for their paper, “Human Factors of Speed-based Exergame Controllers.”
The CHI conference is a highly prestigious conference, ranked at the very top of the MS Academic Search list for Human-Computer Interaction conferences.
Congratulations on your award！